In sumptuous and illuminating detail, the best-selling
author of The Professor and the
Madman and Krakatoa brings
to life the extraordinary story
of Joseph Needham, the brilliant
Cambridge scientist who
unlocked the most closely held
secrets of China. The Man Who
Loved China tells the sweeping
story of China through Needham’s
remarkable life. This biography
is an unforgettable tale of
what makes men, nations and,
indeed, mankind itself great.
